Many iPhone owners have replaced Apple's half-baked Maps app with Google Maps; and as those iPhone owners are testing out Google's version in the real world, they are already finding several cool new features on the app that might not be too obvious at first.

Seriously, though: In addition to not constantly getting lost or disoriented, you can find a bunch of great features in Google Maps that will make navigating via smartphone a more convenient experience than you realized it could be. We've collected 7 handy tips, tricks and hidden gems from the Google Maps app that can ensure you're getting all you should be out of your new mapping program. While none of these crafty techniques are essential to Google Maps -- "getting you to places you want to go" remains the main function -- they do represent slick little tips that you might find helpful in daily use.

From talking to your maps to finding food fast, here's our next-level advice for the new Google Maps app that's taken over your iPhone:

7 Google Maps For iOS Features You Might Not Have Known Existed

7 Google Maps For iOS Features You Might Not Have Known Existed

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Go Home Fast

At any time during your Google Maps usage, you can input a Home and Work address; once you do, those two addresses will pop up whenever you begin to type in an address in the app. You can also navigate to them quickly by typing in "Home" or "Work" into the main app search bar.
You can change those addresses easily:
1) From the main screen, touch the small icon of the man's head and shoulders on the top-right of the screen.
2) Touch the gear icon to enter the Settings.
3) Touch "Edit home or work."
4) Touch either "Edit Home address" or "Edit work address" to input your own locations.
NOTE: The address in the screenshot is not my personal address, but is rather the address for The Hustler Club in New York City, an establishment that, while not technically the location of my apartment, is a place that I do consider "Home."